Trial of Lashing  

Just wait ....

the name of the "spirits" is" "a flickering spirit."

Tested on July 26th, 2006, Trial of Lashing works as intended once more.. gonna grab a couple of guildies and give a monk his 7th hammer flag.

We did this as a guild group with the following classes all level 65. 2 rangers,rogue,cleric,necro and an enchanter. Our ranger (me) has 5850 hps and was MT. Other ranger was in charge of secondary aggro and rooting mobs while cleric healed and chanter mez'd. We basically split the group in 2. I took left side with rog and necro and chanter with DC pet took the right side. When they spawned I got aggro asap and we picked them off 1 by one...after the lashing started other ranger broke off and killed the spirits while we continued fighting. Mezzing seems to get abit harder as the waves progress...the last waves seems pretty magic resistant but nothing solid to post on that yet. We got to the last wave and killed 1 mob and the last set of spirit spawned. When ranger killed them off we had all other mobs mez'd and boss charged us. I got aggro pretty quick and he was pounding me for 720's with a 200 DD spell called Thunder clap I believe. Not sure if my epic got it slowed or chanter but we got the boss to 90% and I hit WS while we got the cheal pattern up and going. WS wore off about 50% and necro lifeburned boss. At about 5% I didnt take off attack and bit it from the enrage. Was the funnest trial I have done so far. I got double rez'd back into trial and we finished off last few mobs and looted boss. Replace a ranger with a war/pal/sk and it may have been a little bit easier.

Kist <DAWNFIRE>
Innoruuk Server.

Ok here's the down and dirty on the trial of lashing. Mind you, this trial is not for level 53's that want access to POS/POV that is what execution is for, but if you have put together an elite team for trials clearing, this strat guide is for you.
First off you port into a rectangular room with 3 exits and some prisoners on the back wall. Position your team dead center against the wall with the prisoners with your tank at either side. Shortly after port in, 4 mobs will spawn ALL of which are mezzable. Have your enchanter mezz 3 of them while the rest of the group lays into one. About the time that the first mob dies, an Untargettable Whip bearing dark elf spawns and starts smacking the group for around 200 a swipe. Also at the time UP to 3 Perma Rooted spirits spawn in the center of the 3 side rooms. The Spirits only have like 1k hp... and killing the spirits makes the whipper go bye bye. Send your highest DPS person (ranger or monk) after the spirits while the rest of your group never faulters from clearing the 4 mobs. We never had the whipper around for more than 15 seconds as the spirits die in 2 to 3 shots from a good 65 ranger. The spawn time between waves is incredibly long and we never had trouble clearing all 4 mobs and all 3 spirits and still had up to 30 seconds of down time between waves.
NOW the strat guide is WRONG about the 4th wave. For wave # 4 - start as usual. Mezz 3, kill one but this time do NOT start on another mob.... Keep them mezzed and wait the 5 seconds or so for the whipper to spawn and have your High DPS ranger or monk once again kill the spirits and trigger the boss. Lay into the boss and kill him THEN kill the remaining 3 mezzed mobs.
As a 65 chanter I was able to mezz all the normal mobs with the level 49 dazzle spell and on the rare occasion I got a named, Sleep landed every time on the nameds.
If you don't panic and follow my strat guide, this might very well be the easiest trial yet.

Good Luck,

Whom Everr 65 Enchanter of Quellious.

When you enter the trial, you find yourself with your back to a wall in a rectangular arena. Directly behind you are three small rooms. In front of you, all the way across the arena, is a long wall with ogres lined up against it.

To save you all from future problems, don't make the same mistakes I have witnessed:

The one major mistake is bad group placement. The one time we went deep into the trial, the party stayed clear of the wall with the ogres. The MA stayed in the center of the room and thus agroed mobs as soon as they spawned. Mobs here seem to agro by proximity, so keep party members clear of the center of the arena.

Also, the "a scourge of honor" seems to pop near the stairs leading to the middle room. Keeping party members clear of this area will ensure that no casters get smacked by this crature.

Despite the name, "a scourge of honor" has the graphic of a Dark Elven male, not of some big ugly monster. It came as a surprise the first time we did the trial, since we were not looking for a DE to signal his arrival. He blended into the battle, causing damage, before we realized it wasn't a party member and that it was hostile.

The last time I attempted this trial, something happened that I had never seen before. This time, mobs started to attack the ogres! I did not see this before, and was not sure how long the ogres could last, or if the trial is over once one (or all) of the ogres dies. In this case, I ran over to agro the creature, and ran out of range of CH. We wiped after that.

Last thing, we have tried all sorts of methods for crowd control; root, fear, snare, ghetto mez (necro), stun, etc., and nothing worked. You must have an enchanter or a bard here for crowd control, or it will be complete chaos.

I am noticing that alot of the loots are specifically not including Clerics where all others are plate hybrids come on VI summoned hammer wasnt that great really

Three invisible-looking NPCs spawn in each of the 3 off-shoot rooms. Each have ~500 hps. If you kill all 3 of these mobs, the scourge of honor despawns.

Also FYI scourge of honor hits for 500 max and flurries. You should likely designate one group member to run from room to room killing the three mobs for the Scourge -- and yes, these power source mobs respawn too.